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Mismatched Living Room Chairs

7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago

I bought this great velvet tufted sofa, but it wasn't the color I was going for and now I have a huge dilemma. My color palette is blues and grey. I brought down this grey wing chair from my room to see how it would go and then I just have this old ottoman as another seat. Do I just go buy two matching chairs? Or can I keep this beige sofa, grey wing chair and get a smaller ottoman, in like blue, to be the third seat. HELP!!!! I feel it's a disaster and just want our house to be done already. We moved in a month ago. I should note this is a row house so the round rug helps separate the living room from the dining room. Thank you!





Comments (37)

  • PRO
    7 years ago

    Love the sofa..go get yourself new chairs to really finish off your pretty room...move grey chair back into your bedroom..get rid of that awful ottoman...



  • PRO
    7 years ago

    Might look nice with sofa facing fireplace on a angle same as fireplace and chair on each side facing each other ....

  • 7 years ago

    That sofa is gorgeous but seems stuck in there - too big for there. Can you float it in front of the windows with a new baby blue chair? No ottoman. Nobody really wants to sit on those except a dog. Take away the fireplace clutter and lower the picture above.

  • PRO
    7 years ago
    last modified: 7 years ago

    Something like this...


  • 7 years ago

    With the color of your walls and your fireplace stone, the beige sofa is a happy accident. Switch your palette to blue and beige and ditch the gray.

  • 7 years ago

    Thank you for your input! I definitely felt like I was pushing the grey until I unexpectedly bought this color sofa! AND the ottoman was never intended to stay, but since it was there for now it definitely showed even more of the disaster! Love all your ideas!

  • 7 years ago

    Please frame your map and lower it. I also think a rectangular rug would be more appropriate here, placed at the same angle as the fireplace.


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  • 7 years ago

    The round rug is perfect in this setting, what with your fireplace at an angle. I agree about lowering and framing the map, and I love the blue of the chair that groveraxle found for you with your sofa and with your rug.

  • 7 years ago

    thank you again everyone! love all your recommendations!

  • 7 years ago

    If not buying new chair, I see nothing wrong with yours [wingback].

  • 7 years ago
    last modified: 7 years ago

    If you want a lower-budget suggestion, slipcover your ottoman with a fabric in the same color as the solid pillows. Google has how-to's if you are handy, or a seamstress should be able to do this fairly simply. A subtle pattern or solid would look good. If you have fabric left over, make another cushion or two in the ottoman fabric.

    Then repeat the blue color in a blue ribbon trim, maybe grosgrain, to trim your very plain curtains and bring them easily into the color scheme. Fabri-Tac glue works even easier than iron-on tape.

    Keep your wing chair, it looks fine with the blue scheme but it needs a blue pillow or throw.

  • 7 years ago

    Let's see the DR - items/ colors there might link to this room....

  • 7 years ago
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    Rug with neutrals to me is worth looking into. If square - could edge be parallel with floor tile? and still look good on other side? In other words, I think the rug is 'off'....

    Rug Unique Loom Hygge Shag Beige Square 8' 0 x 8' 0 · More Info

    https://www.houzz.com/products/unique-loom-beige-trellis-hygge-shag-8-0-x-8-0-square-rug-prvw-vr~128899050

  • 7 years ago
    last modified: 7 years ago

    Photoshop with this striking contrasting rug [without a few items there now]... good with bits of black of fp, curtain rods, etc....? Is this style possibly a vibe of the urban view picture?

    Safavieh Chelsea Collection HK11 Rug, Black, 8' Round · More Info


    https://www.houzz.com/products/braylen-hand-hooked-rug-black-8x8-round-prvw-vr~70551157?lid=54063367

  • 7 years ago

    Less serious and heavy than last rug, pretty... ?

    Safavieh Chelsea Collection HK11 Rug, Light Blue, 8' Round · More Info

    https://www.houzz.com/products/braylen-hand-hooked-rug-light-blue-8x8-round-prvw-vr~70551367

  • 7 years ago

    I like this -

    Contemporary Polypropylene Round Rug (7 ft. 10 in. Dia.) · More Info

    https://www.houzz.com/products/polypropylene-round-rug-710-dia-prvw-vr~102063398

  • 7 years ago

    Blue chair [floor is dark already, might be fine]-- esp. if you add shine somewhere.

    Contemporary Machine-Made Rug in Brown (7 ft. 10 in. Dia.) · More Info


  • 7 years ago

    To connect wing and sofa [not ottoman]-

    Surya Rug Co., Caesar CAE1004, 6'x9'Charcoal · More Info

    https://www.houzz.com/products/surya-rug-co-caesar-cae1004-6x9charcoal-prvw-vr~31906254

  • 7 years ago

    I'm sorry, but IMO the round rug is too casual or too country or something for this space.

    Mindee thanked groveraxle
  • 7 years ago

    The room looks to be very casual to me...looking at the fireplace and the size of the room it seems more casual and intimate.

  • 7 years ago

    I'm sorry too ;-) I don't think there is anything inherently casual or country about a round rug. Here are some examples of round rugs in rooms with a "modern elegance" or "urban glamour" vibe:



  • 7 years ago
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    Btw, Mindee, your room is far from a disaster! If I may borrow grover's rendering, there are some minor details that could be improved. Removing the pouffe is easy and cheap :)


  • 7 years ago

    thanks
    babophz! i will. both def things that were just put there for now. Do you think I really need two chairs? this is a TINY space. I should not for everything that I I live in a small DC row house. And i have three kids under 4 (I ain't livin' in the suburbs) which may explain why this is too casual. Perhaps I should call this a "family" room to help since we only have one room for living! ;) Gave away the yucky brown ottoman today!

  • PRO
    7 years ago

    One comfy chair would be just fine but The sofa needs to be moved..

  • 7 years ago

    I agree with Julie that moving the sofa will open the space and make it feel less cramped.


  • 7 years ago

    Completely agree with groveraxle and Julie that moving the sofa across from the fireplace will help the space feel less cramped.


    I would definitely get a new chair or a matching pair of chairs. Aim for something with a lower back like the sofa so that the chairs don't crowd the space.

  • 7 years ago
    last modified: 7 years ago

    Rearrange the existing furniture, minus the ottoman, as depicted by Grover.

    The gray chair and blue pillows work with the rug and looks inviting if next to the fireplace, like a cozy reading nook. Add a pillow or throw, side table and foot stool. Then decide if you need the expense of a new chair,

  • 7 years ago

    following

  • PRO
    7 years ago

    Yes, I agree the sofa would be better on the window wall with a rug installed at an angle to both the sofa and the chair.


  • 7 years ago
    last modified: 7 years ago

    An in-person view seems necessary. ;)

    I see the sofa ok below your pic, partly cause it lets the window/curtains breathe. You know which works. Fp stone and log set seems fine, casual. They say to use easy tape to mark sizes of rug options [on the floor]… wondering if large enough square? or oval winging away from hearth part [parallel with windows].

  • 7 years ago

    wow! thank you all! The room is def having an identity crisis since we have a ginormous tv facing the sofa, but I don't even want it there. There's literally no other place to put it. Darn tiny house living. Maybe I need to talk to my husband about this since we aren't even watching much tv in this room since It's not supposed to be a tv room. and place the sofa against the window wall like you suggest. thanks again!

  • PRO
    7 years ago

    If you show us the entire space with the TV..we can help you out..seems the wall where the map is would be a better spot for the TV.

  • 7 years ago
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    Sofa under window seems more inviting. Guess we need to see the tv if it has to stay. Not sure about that little poof, scale seems off.

  • 7 years ago

    Home Interiors with Ease i could not agree more. hubby is fighting me on this.

  • 7 years ago

    Being a city dweller myself, I feel your pain ;-) But seriously, smaller houses can work really well with good spacial planning and properly sized furniture. More pics and a floor plan would come in handy.